CLAIM


Meaning of CLAIM in English

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n.

1) to enter, file, lodge, make, put forward, put in, submit; establish; press; substantiate a ~ (she filed a ~ for compensation)

2) to lay ~ to; to stake, stake out a ~ to

3) ( esp. AE ) to jump ('steal') smb.'s ~

4) to contest; disallow, dismiss, reject; dispute a ~

5) to forfeit; give up, renounce, waive, withdraw a ~

6) to settle a ~ (they settled their ~ out of court)

7) an excessive, extravagant, unreasonable; fraudulent; legal; moral; outstanding; prior; specious; undisputed; unsubstantiated, unsupported ~; competing, conflicting, rival ~s

8) a disability; insurance ~

9) a ~ against; for; on; to (she submitted a ~ for damages against the other driver; there are many ~s on my time; he has no ~ to the estate; a ~ to fame)

10) a ~ that + clause (the ~ that he could reduce taxes proved to be false)

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v.

1) ( E ) she ~s to own this property

2) ( L ) he ~s that he was cheated

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations.      Комбинаторный словарь английского языка Bbi. Руководство по словосочетаниям.